THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION WILL HELP YOU BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PAINTBACK JOURNEY.

Paintback is a waste paint and packaging collection scheme for architectural and decorative paint. It aims to divert waste paint and packaging
from landfill. Paintback is an industry initiative to divert architectural and decorative waste paint from landfill. Run as an independent,
not-for-profit company it will collect and treat waste paint through participating sites around Australia.

It is the responsible way for households and professional painters to dispose of left-over paint and packaging.

Paintback accepts a maximum of 100 litres in volume per visit. This must be carried in containers no larger than 20 litres. See Example
below. This is to ensure that Paintback collection sites are not overwhelmed by large volumes of waste paint quickly. The container size limit
ensures safe manual handling of the paint from your vehicle at the collection point.

Households and trade painters take their unwanted paint and packaging to a Paintback site located at participating councils. The waste paint and
packaging is stored at the collection point ready for Paintback to pick it up.

Paintback transports it from the collection point for treatment. The packaging and waste liquid are separated.The containers are recycled.Waste
Paint is treated in a number of ways including energy recovery for solvent and liquid/solid separation for water-based paint, significantly minimising
landfill over current practices.

For areas with lower populations or that are remote, there may not be possible to establish permanent collection sites initially.

Paintback intends to run mobile collections to service these areas. This involves temporary sites that will be established for certain collection
days. These will be posted at this website, at local council websites and advertised in local media.

Packaging includes only plastic and metal containers in which paint was originally sold in.

Paintback accepts up to 100 litres per visit. The 100 litre maximum is based on the capacity of the container, not the volume of waste paint left in
a container.

Only empty containers can be stacked inside larger empty containers as long as the largest container size does not exceed 20 litres.
This practice allows our collection sites to maximise space in the collection bins and provides everyone the opportunity to use the bins safely.

Paintback is free to drop off unwanted paint and packaging at all Paintback Collection Sites. The scheme is funded by a waste levy. The
levy is 15 cents per litre (plus GST) applied to the wholesale price of eligible paint through trade and retail outlets (It is not mandatory for
a retail outlet to display the levy on their receipt). This waste levy has been approved by the ACCC. The levy will fund the collection and treatment
of waste paint nationally, education campaigns and research.

The levy is collected from participating paint companies (manufacturers and importers), which is then passed on in full to all their customers. This
results in a once-off price increase to cover the 15 cent per litre levy and GST. Trade painters can pass this cost through to their customers.
This ensures that any paint left for touch ups is covered whenever customers need to dispose of it in the future.

Paintback has established collection sites across Australia where you can drop-off your unwanted paint and packaging for no extra charge. We are
continueing to grow site numbers, with a target of approximately 100 sites in the next year. The current Paintback collection sites are listed
here.

Mobile collections will also be organised in the future where permanent collection points may not be available.

Disposing of product where you purchased it from is not an environmentally suitable location for disused paint cans to be collected. Dropping waste
paint off at participating Paintback Sites at local council or Cleanaway sites ensures that the waste paint collected can be managed
by suitably trained staff, stored in a purpose-built area designed for your safety when at the site.